Ponthoile

French commune|name= Ponthoile


x = 128
y = 31
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Abbeville
canton=Nouvion
insee=80633
cp=80860
maire=Martine Saint-Pol
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
alt moy=6 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=31 m
hectares=1941
km²=19,41
sans=547
date-sans=1999
dens=28|

Ponthoile is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D235 road, some 10 miles northwest of Abbeville, near the bay of the Somme.

History

* 1201. Guillaume III, the ninth Count of Ponthieu, married Alix, the sister of King Philippe II of France. He issued a charter guaranteeing certain freedoms. This had been inspired by the Charter of Abbeville in 1184, which served as a model for all charters for the region of the Ponthieu.
* 1346. During the Hundred Years War, English troops burnt and pillaged the towns of the Ponthieu on their way to the Battle of Crécy. Ponthoile was attacked on Saint-Barthélémy’s day, the 24th August, just two days before the battle, burning down the 12th century church.
In the 13th century, there were 180 homes in Ponthoile, according to Dom Grenier. After the ravages of the wars against the English and Burgundians, according to English statistics, there were only 48. The population of Ponthoile subsequently increase slowly into the middle of the 19th century, before declining again, as farming became mechanisied and people left for the big cities

Demography

Places of interest

* Memorial to the aviation pioneers, the brothers Caudron.
* Church of Saint Pierre. Badly damaged by two fires, it was decided, in 1836, to build a bigger, better church in brick and slate.

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.mairie-ponthoile.fr Ponthoile municipal website] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80633&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Ponthoile on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Ponthoile Ponthoile on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.mairie-ponthoile.fr/charte.htm Charter of the commune of Ponthoile] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 13th 2008."